Football scheduling -- no more Florida?

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  1. southerntgr

    southerntgr Veteran Member

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    I would rather that then Arky that way if the away game is in Texas I can visit my sis and brother-in-law for the holidays and then go to the game.

    I would still like to play the Gators though.
     
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  2. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    Florida and LSU were matched up because when the arrangement was originally made LSU was meant to be Florida's cupcake.
     
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  3. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    I would hate to see it go, personally. You should never shy away from the competition, but instead fight for the oppoertunity to prove yourself against the best. A loss to UF isn't necessarily a deal breaker for killing LSU's chances at a MNC anyway. The first BCS title was won with a loss to UF on the schedule.
     
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  4. OkieTigerTK

    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    case in point, 07. that was one helluva game in ts. also, very hyped, lots of national exposure, and a great win for sos.

    can anyone seriously say we would have had that kind of tv exposure, or been in the ncg, had that game been against vandy?
     
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  5. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    True, but staying with the hypothetical, in '06 we went 9-2 and blistered ND in the Sugar Bowl. It was generally acknowledged that LSU was the best team in the country at the end of that season, but the 2 losses kept them out of the NC. One of those losses was at Florida. Might we have made the BCSNC had we played Vanderbilt instead?

    The "cross-division rivalry" deal created an unfair competitive imbalance in the conference. There's no way to make it fair on a yearly basis, but a schedule with no permanent cross division opponents will be fair over the balance of several years.
     
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  6. Tiger420

    Tiger420 Sell crazy someplace else, all stocked up here.

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    I like the Florida game. Hope it stays. I like playing the best programs in the conference and the country. I don't see the approach as a risk but an opportunity. I'd rather drop all the cupcake games.
     
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  7. StaceyO

    StaceyO Football Turns Me On

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    I like the Florida game; however, I can easily see that it's a thorn in our sides more often than not.

    The "permanent opponent" idea has never been fair; let's rotate all of our East opponents in the future.
     
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  8. cajdav1

    cajdav1 Soldiers are real hero's

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    I wish they would have moved bama and auburn to the eat and mizzou in the west along with atm. Than just play a rotating schedule. Having Mizzou in the east is silly.
     
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  9. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    Distance isn't the issue.
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  10. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    No, that arrangement would have most of the traditional SEC in the east, while LSU ends up playing three former SWC/big-8 schools plus state and ole miss.

    I don't like it.
     
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